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Huawei announces $150M investment through Seeds for the Future Program 2.0

Huawei announced on Thursday its Seeds for the Future Program 2.0, through which Huawei plans to invest US$150 million in digital talent development over the next five years. This program is expected to benefit more than 3 million additional people. Huawei held a "Tech & Sustainability: Everyone's Included" forum, co-hosted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Representatives from Huawei, IUCN, the World Economic Forum, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), and Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) participated to discuss the role of technology in driving sustainability and building a more inclusive, eco-friendly world. Promoting equal access to education and talent development According to a 2020 report by UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), about 2.2 billion people aged 25 years or younger still lack internet connections at home. "Digital skills and literacy are not just th

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Globe Business to Filipino SMEs: Tuloy Tayo!

Every business that has survived and beaten the pandemic odds carries an inspiring story of creativity, grit, and resilience worthy of recognition. By capturing and telling these stories, Globe Business honors the local micro, small and medium business owners through this year’s Saludo SMEs campaign, cheering them on with the message “Through The Changing Times, Tuloy Tayo!”, and supporting them as a trusted partner does so that they can confidently move their business forward. The ‘Saludo SMEs’ campaign is Globe Business’s annual initiative to recognize the contribution to sustainable economic development made by micro, small and medium businesses. It was first launched in 2019 to shine a spotlight on SME challenges and successes and inspire other entrepreneurs facing similar struggles to keep going and coming off a troubled 2020, the campaign message feels more poignant and emotionally charged than ever. This year’s campaign kicked off with a virtual event featuring special messag

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SCPA's HIIGENE Program awards grants to startups Payruler, Mayani, Eskwelabs

Giving back on its 25th year, hygiene products company Sanitary Care Products Asia (SCPA) invests in local startups to champion decades of people-first philosophy. Together with the Asian Institute of Management-Dado Banatao Incubator (AIM-DBI), they launched the social accelerator program called the Human Investment x Impact Grant for Entrepreneurship and Empowerment or the HIIGENE Program. The HIIGENE Program blazed the trail as the very first collaboration of a local company and a business incubator. It was crafted according to the Sio family’s initiative to support local entrepreneurs with human investment infused in its business gene. Through this, SCPA aspires to help build an industry of people-first enterprises, boost the economy, and improve the lives of many through innovation. Qualified startups from the AIM-DBI pool went through a rigorous selection process led by SCPA executives, members of the academe, and the corporate industry. 11 startups presented their innovations,

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SAP Southeast Asia announces winners for inaugural SAP Best Run Awards 2021

SAP has announced the winners of the SAP Best Run Awards 2021 for Southeast Asia (SEA). The SAP Best Run Awards, the first of its kind in the region, recognizes and celebrates leading organizations in Southeast Asia that have harnessed innovations from across SAP’s ecosystem of products and services, turning insights into action to drive successful transformation for their businesses. Awarded to customers that deployed SAP technologies, participants were assessed on their ability to think out of the box and how technology has been implemented to innovate and disrupt industries to drive greater business outcomes in a distributed and uncertain economic environment. The judging panel consisted of esteemed business leaders from all over Southeast Asia, including Cathy Ward, APJ Head, Customer Engagement and Experience, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan. Covering six categories including Best Innovation Award, Best Customer Experience Management, Emerging Enterprise Award (SMEs), Most Transformati

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917Ventures: Creating digital lifelines for Filipinos

917Ventures’ digital innovations have enabled consumers and businesses to thrive and triumph in today's challenging environment. Companies like GCash, KonsultaMD, HealthNow, RUSH, AdSpark, and PureGo have become the new lifelines for Filipinos during this pandemic. GCash helps its 40 million users securely send money and pay for goods and services online and empowers many small businesses to survive and thrive through cashless solutions. GCash was also one of the channels used by the government to safely distribute financial assistance to Filipinos through its Social Amelioration Program last year and remains to be a key donation platform in collecting and sending assistance across the country. Following its momentum in 2020, GCash continues to innovate and reinvent the Filipino way of life through easy access to financial services through the following features: GLife - access to mini-apps to shop, eat and play, and helps businesses save cost from building their own apps; GInvest -

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UnionBank holds virtual groundbreaking for first-in-industry Innovation Campus

Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) successfully held the virtual groundbreaking ceremony last May 26, for its Innovation Campus, a real property development that will support its innovation initiatives. The event marked a very important milestone in UnionBank's digital transformation journey, which began half a decade ago. The first-in-industry facility, which is being built on a one-hectare property in San Pedro, Laguna, will act as a hub for research and development that will further boost the Bank’s digital capabilities. In addition, the campus will house various centers of innovation within UnionBank, including its institutes on Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, its digital bank EON, as well as the recently-launched Asian Institute of Digital Transformation (AIDT), which is in partnership with Global Learning Solutions Singapore. In a special message during the event, UnionBank President and CEO Edwin Baustista called the Campus "a dream come true and a

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The crucial role of property consultants during the pandemic

The surge of COVID-19 cases in the country during the past weeks has further delayed the Philippines’ journey toward fully opening up the economy. In the pandemic era, expecting the unexpected could very well be the key to the survival and eventual success of a business. One sector that has been challenged greatly by the pandemic is the real estate industry. And while many investors and property owners believe that the property market will recover as soon as the economy opens up, the Lobien Realty Group (LRG), one of the fastest rising real estate consultancy firms in the country, says now is the time when investors, property owners, buyers, tenants, sellers, and lessors should seek the assistance of property consultants. When interactions between people like buyers/tenants and sellers/landowners are limited, it’s important to gain the services of a property consultant who has already gained the experience and expertise of how to transact in the new normal. These property consultant

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Pay it forward to our modern-day heroes with PayMaya 

Medical frontliners are the modern-day heroes in our ongoing battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. As they continue to save lives of our kababayans, we can stand behind them by practicing health safety measures and utilizing technology.  â€¯ Utilizing digital apps like PayMaya is making it easier for Filipinos to participate in bayanihan movements for the community – this includes making donations to organizations whose beneficiaries are healthcare workers.  Here are some of the ways you can show support to our medical frontliners, with the help of PayMaya: â€¯ â¦ Practice safety health standards in your day-to-day activities  â€¯ The easiest and sure way to curb the spread of the virus is by keeping ourselves within the safety of our homes and staying healthy. We must always ensure that we follow safety health standards in our daily activities.   â€¯ One way to keep ourselves safe is by going cashless. Wit

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917Ventures to businesses: 'RUSH' to GCash’s GLife

Brands clamor to win over customers’ precious mobile screen time in a highly-digital environment, and companies continue to find ways to innovate and bring better solutions to the fore. 917Ventures, the country’s largest corporate venture builder, gives businesses an opportunity to make their brand rise above the clutter and reach customers faster through RUSH and GLife, the latest feature of GCash. GLife is a ‘one-stop’ digital platform that meets customers’ lifestyle needs from food, beauty essentials, to groceries and movie tickets. Through GLife, brands can bring their products and services to over 39 million GCash registered users, attract new customers and engage with existing ones. As businesses create mini-apps within GLife, they can maintain their brand identity while enabling a frictionless user experience leveraging GCash's simple sign-on and payment functionalities. RUSH, on the other hand, makes it easy for merchant partners to be onboarded on GLife with their out of t

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WWF-Philippines celebrates 60th anniversary with 'Bid for Nature' online auction

The World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines) is celebrating the WWF network’s 60 years of action for nature and people by bringing together local artists, arts and fashion enthusiasts, and environmental advocates in an online auction for the environment. Founded in 1961, WWF’s mission of building a future in which humans and nature thrive has stood the test of time and continues to inspire millions.  Active in nearly 100 countries and supported by over 35 million people worldwide, today WWF uses its position to advocate with others for changes needed in response to the world’s biggest challenges. Whether that is transforming global food systems or working with financial institutions to redirect financial flows away from environmentally and socially destructive practices, there is much to do. In 1997, WWF-Philippines began working as a national organization of the WWF network, and has since been working with the government, business sector and local communities to stop

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